April 23, 2024

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Stephan Haggard

Stephan Haggard

Stephan Haggard is the Lawrence and Sallye Krause Professor of Korea-Pacific Studies, director of the Korea-Pacific Program, and distinguished professor of political science at UC San Diego. With Marcus Noland, he is the author of "Hard Target: Sanctions, Inducements and the Case of North Korea" (Stanford University Press, 2017).

Analysis

How sanctions contribute to North Korea’s humanitarian distress

Pyongyang is at fault for food shortages and other problems, but there are ways to ease excessive impacts of sanctions

Marcus NolandMarcus Noland | Stephan HaggardMarch 24, 2023
Analysis

How North Korea might be financing its trade deficit with China

Pyongyang has a number of ways it could be cooking the books

Opinion

The next Kim-Trump summit: what North Korea could offer the U.S.

The real work on a DPRK-U.S. deal is only just beginning

Stephan HaggardStephan HaggardFebruary 7, 2019
Opinion

The next Kim-Trump summit: what the U.S. could offer North Korea

From sanctions relief to liaison offices, here's how Washington can keep diplomatic momentum going

Stephan HaggardStephan HaggardJanuary 28, 2019
Opinion

How the U.S. can break the diplomatic impasse with North Korea in 2019

Washington must show greater flexibility - and be prepared to offer "complementary measures"

Stephan HaggardStephan HaggardJanuary 3, 2019
Analysis

As Pompeo returns from Pyongyang, is diplomacy back on track?

This weekend's high-level talks appear to have succeeded - for the most part

Stephan HaggardStephan HaggardOctober 7, 2018
Analysis

After the Pyongyang summit, what next for North Korea-U.S. dialogue?

The onus is now on Washington to structure a more sustained - and sustainable - negotiating process

Stephan HaggardStephan HaggardSeptember 20, 2018
Analysis

Absent calculated risks, U.S.-DPRK diplomacy getting nowhere fast

Trump's cancellation of Pompeo visit to Pyongyang shows a growing obsession with China trade gambit

Stephan HaggardStephan HaggardAugust 26, 2018
Analysis

Pompeo in North Korea: worse than we thought

The Secretary of State's visit raised, rather than lowered, the risk that progress will stall

Stephan HaggardStephan HaggardJuly 8, 2018
Opinion

The Kim-Trump summit scorecard: who came out on top?

The joint statement left much to be desired, but there are reasons to be optimistic

Stephan HaggardStephan HaggardJune 14, 2018
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